Magnetized physiological solution induces relaxation in isolated snail heart muscle, potentially through cGMP-dependent calcium efflux.
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No immediate clinical implications from snail model; leaves open whether MPS effects extend to mammalian cardiac physiology.
The effect of magnetized physiological solution (MPS) on isolated, perfused snail heart muscle contractility, (45)Ca uptake and intracellular level of cAMP, and cGMP was studied. The existence of the relaxing effect of MPS on heart muscle at room temperature (22 degrees C) and its absence in cold medium (4 degrees C) was shown. The MPS had a depressing effect on (45)Ca uptake by muscles and intracellular cAMP content and an elevating effect on intracellular cGMP level. It is suggested that the relaxing effect of MPS on heart muscle is due to the decrease of intracellular Ca ions as the result of activation of cGMP-dependent Ca efflux. The MPS induced decrease of intracellular cAMP content can be considered as a consequence of intracellular Ca loss, leading to the Na + K-ATPase reactivation, and causing the decrease of the intracellular level of ATP, serving as a substrate and positive modulator of cyclase activity.
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